# learned of all that had been done

"found out about those letters"

# tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes

These acts are signs of severe sadness. AT: "tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes to show his grief" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])

# province

A "province" is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in [Esther 1:1](../01/01.md).

# there was great mourning among the Jews

"the Jews mourned greatly"

# Many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes

"Many of them were on the ground, dressed in sackcloth and sitting in ashes"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/mordecai]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sackcloth]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/decree]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fast]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lament]]